FNUS75 KMSO 131529
FWSMSO

SPOT FORECAST FOR WARD CREEK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MISSOULA MT
929 AM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

FORECAST IS BASED ON REQUEST TIME OF 0903 MDT ON AUGUST 13.
IF CONDITIONS BECOME UNREPRESENTATIVE...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE.

.DISCUSSION...

HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE PRESENT OVER THE WILDFIRE THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY. WINDS WILL BE FAIRLY LIGHT DURING THIS TIME...WITH DAYTIME
WINDS TODAY BECOMING SOUTHEAST UP TO 5 MPH. BY MIDDAY SUNDAY...
WINDS AND SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE AS A WEAK
STORM SYSTEM MOVES OVER THE BURN. SOUTHWEST WINDS MAY BECOME GUSTY
DURING SUNDAY AFTERNOON...PARTICULAR WHEN SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS ARE
PRESENT.

.TODAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........SUNNY.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....70-75.
MIN HUMIDITY........26-31 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE WINDS 1-3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHEAST
                    2-5 MPH.
HAINES INDEX........5 MODERATE.

.TONIGHT...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY CLEAR.
CWR.................0 PERCENT.
MIN TEMPERATURE.....48-53.
MAX HUMIDITY........57-62 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........SOUTHEAST WINDS 1-4 MPH BECOMING CALM AFTER
                    MIDNIGHT.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

.SUNDAY...

SKY/WEATHER.........MOSTLY SUNNY. CHANCE OF RAIN SHOWERS AND SLIGHT
                    CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
CWR.................10 PERCENT.
MAX TEMPERATURE.....66-71.
MIN HUMIDITY........29-34 PERCENT.
WIND (20 FT)........VARIABLE 1-3 MPH BECOMING SOUTHWEST 4-8 MPH
                    WITH GUSTS TO 12 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON.
HAINES INDEX........4 LOW.

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FORECASTER...ZUMPFE
REQUESTED BY...BITTERROOT DISPATCH
TYPE OF REQUEST...WILDFIRE
.TAG 20110813.WARDC.01/MSO